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pentagon, a powerful by childrenre done [ harry umlaut ] that's one creamy muller. [ sally umlaut ] it's greek-style yogurt. this greek style yogurt has style. you can say that again. why thank you. this greek style yogurt has style. okay. stop saying it now. you're sending me mixed messages. [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. revision. "actually, this ain't bad"? surprise! "look at this cool corner thingy!" desolation. "it's gone." anticipation "hey! there's more in the fridge." [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. across the country, americans honored give victims of 9/11 thru service and acts of kindness. tonight, the story of one man whose fiancee died when the plane crashed into the pentagon. e says 11 years later, volunteering helped him deal and forgive. it does get better as time . es on engaged to a sixth teacher at backus middle board flight 77 to aroning children california. more than a decade after her not 9/11s painful, it's the day before. the 11th i
pentagon, a powerful by childrenre done [ harry umlaut ] that's one creamy muller. [ sally umlaut ] it's greek-style yogurt. this greek style yogurt has style. you can say that again. why thank you. this greek style yogurt has style. okay. stop saying it now. you're sending me mixed messages. [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. revision. "actually, this ain't bad"? surprise! "look at this cool corner thingy!" desolation. "it's gone." anticipation...
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that's what the pentagon memorial is all about.
that's what the pentagon memorial is all about.
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and so what i think we ought to do is have an honest pentagon budget, put the screws to the pentagon, because there is waste. but let's not forget, this is the first responsibility of the federal government. and we have a more dangerous world. if we had this new specific strategy, that means you have to have aa navy and an air force that can extend its reach into these areas, and this budget doesn't do that. so i think the strategy doesn't match the budget. because i think what is going on here is this is a budget-driven strategy, not a strategy-driven budget. >> why do you say the strategy doesn't match the budget? the strategy came out before the budget did. the strategy was written by the defense department. what kind of knowledge do you have about the defense department's needs to counter the future threats that the defense department doesn't have. >> 313 ship/navy. they're not coming close to that with this budget. the air wings, they believe they need aren't anywhere near being funded in this. the equipment that is -- that is atrophying, that the replacement -- they're pushing o
and so what i think we ought to do is have an honest pentagon budget, put the screws to the pentagon, because there is waste. but let's not forget, this is the first responsibility of the federal government. and we have a more dangerous world. if we had this new specific strategy, that means you have to have aa navy and an air force that can extend its reach into these areas, and this budget doesn't do that. so i think the strategy doesn't match the budget. because i think what is going on here...
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the pentagon has considerable flexibility. it's also, by the way, easy to conceive of an agreement that which would leave the pain of sequestration, including, perhaps, some modest flexibility year over year. the other part of that equation, though, is that unlike all of those other draw downs, we have, today, present as part of the dynamic, the global financial market. we had -- i mean, the reason we got the budget control act and the sequestration reductions is the threat of default. now, i don't remember the exact clock ticking. i think the president submitted his request on the day that the house came back, so that would have been monday a week ago. so the 15 day clock will probably be reached next tuesday. and that means, i presume, on wednesday morning, our debt ceiling as a nation will go up $1.2 trillion, failing the passage by the resolution a disapproval and the override of a suspected president's veto. so the debt ceiling will go up, up until we hit it again. now, when are we going to hit it again? good news this mo
the pentagon has considerable flexibility. it's also, by the way, easy to conceive of an agreement that which would leave the pain of sequestration, including, perhaps, some modest flexibility year over year. the other part of that equation, though, is that unlike all of those other draw downs, we have, today, present as part of the dynamic, the global financial market. we had -- i mean, the reason we got the budget control act and the sequestration reductions is the threat of default. now, i...
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so about a third of the pentagon budget. and what they said yesterday is personnel cotsts are only takin 1/9 of the cuts. that means other parts of the budget are going to take a disproportionate share of the cuts. they have a budget cap required by the budget control act they've got to fit in. so procurement i think is actually going to get hit the hardest. we heard a lot of the program decisions yesterday. i imagine there are many more we have yet to hear. and those will come out over the coming days and weeks. the total savings that they're talking about, and again, this is the savings relative to last year's budget, it's $259 billion over the five-year plan. 25% of those savings are supposed to come from efficiencies. that's another $60 billion in efficiencies on top of $178 billion in efficiencies that was in last year's budget. boy, that's very optimistic to think that you can find all those efficiencies. i think it is incredibly risky to be banking on those savings before they have been achieved. it is always a good g
so about a third of the pentagon budget. and what they said yesterday is personnel cotsts are only takin 1/9 of the cuts. that means other parts of the budget are going to take a disproportionate share of the cuts. they have a budget cap required by the budget control act they've got to fit in. so procurement i think is actually going to get hit the hardest. we heard a lot of the program decisions yesterday. i imagine there are many more we have yet to hear. and those will come out over the...
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>> this is the heart of the pentagon, in washington, d.c. since the early years of world war ii, this building has been the home of america's department of defense. it's one of the largest office buildings in the world. about 23,000 people come here to work every day. a good many of them are not even members of our armed forces-- many are civilian employees from all walks of life. all of them, though, are mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. the men and women who travel these halls every day come here for one purpose only: to help defend our nation and the cause of freedom around the world. it's been that way for nearly 70 years. the story you're about to hear today is a story i hope will reach every american, because it's really a story about america, about ordinary american families, about how we face the perils, uncertainties, and tragedies of life, and about how we, as individuals and a nation, come together to heal the wounds of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for all that we hold dear. it's a story
>> this is the heart of the pentagon, in washington, d.c. since the early years of world war ii, this building has been the home of america's department of defense. it's one of the largest office buildings in the world. about 23,000 people come here to work every day. a good many of them are not even members of our armed forces-- many are civilian employees from all walks of life. all of them, though, are mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. the men and women who...
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a majority of americans want 4kv spendings than the pentagon or congress support according to a new poll. will their views be heard in washington? plus a powerful new film documents the troop surge in afghanistan from the perspective of a single marine platoon. first, full notion photos from platforms have become the most powerful tools in the u.s. military arsenal, allowing commanders to preanl watch military enemies and strike them but surveillance video can be shaky, fuzzy, blurry and jittery, making it difficult to pick out key intelligence. fixes these problems has been expensive. that's where motion dsb comes in, a california startup company that has considered kena that can stabilize, sharpen, clarify and enlarge épgd do in real time. here to talk about the new technology is shawn vera, the ceo of motion sensor dvb. welcome. >> thanks very much. >> what your computer programs do is really fascinating, is really amazing and you're the only guys doing it in realtime. what are some of the things that it can do and how does it work? >> so, really, there are many problems with video.
a majority of americans want 4kv spendings than the pentagon or congress support according to a new poll. will their views be heard in washington? plus a powerful new film documents the troop surge in afghanistan from the perspective of a single marine platoon. first, full notion photos from platforms have become the most powerful tools in the u.s. military arsenal, allowing commanders to preanl watch military enemies and strike them but surveillance video can be shaky, fuzzy, blurry and...
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to look over the pentagon but in fact what has become is that the pentagon press corps is just an extension of the pentagon itself and so you don't have critical coverage which you have coverage is just essentially it's not it's not necessary because sometimes they do break stories but it but it's not the kind of stories that i don't think are two that are very helpful to what did to information people need to know to make informed decision what's the what's the implications for us as people i think the implication is that you need to i mean i question how do you get around it i think my my goal would be to sort of support journalists who are doing the hard work matt matt akins at the atlantic there's a number charlie savage at the new york times glenn greenwald i'm salon who really and there's a number of other journalists who are out there kind of hacking away at this stuff . you sort of you have to sort of support those journalists as well as that the other journalists know you're in on their little game and i'm happy for them you know if they want to have a nice career and write kind of
to look over the pentagon but in fact what has become is that the pentagon press corps is just an extension of the pentagon itself and so you don't have critical coverage which you have coverage is just essentially it's not it's not necessary because sometimes they do break stories but it but it's not the kind of stories that i don't think are two that are very helpful to what did to information people need to know to make informed decision what's the what's the implications for us as people i...
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fox 5's tom fitzgerald live at the pentagon. tom. >> reporter: brian, you know, this was a different memorial than we have seen in past years. president obama made his address, as you said, this morning to victims' families and pentagon officials, and the memorial itself remained closed until noon today. we can tell you that the size of the crowds we saw today were smaller but it is also true to say that the people who came here told us they still feel very strongly about this place and that day 11 years after 9/11. on a stretch of land just next to the pentagon sits 183 benches bearing 183 names, one for each of the victims that dade here on 9/11. >> i don't know, it's just a wonderful place to sit and reflect. >> reporter: marlene and don of iowa had a brother--law who worked in the pentagon. he wasn't here on 9/11, but they know others weren't so lucky. >> you see the importance of it, that we do honor all the people who died in the crash. >> reporter: these benches are laid out in the order of the victims' ages. julian was i
fox 5's tom fitzgerald live at the pentagon. tom. >> reporter: brian, you know, this was a different memorial than we have seen in past years. president obama made his address, as you said, this morning to victims' families and pentagon officials, and the memorial itself remained closed until noon today. we can tell you that the size of the crowds we saw today were smaller but it is also true to say that the people who came here told us they still feel very strongly about this place and...
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that makes it very difficult. >> should the pentagon -- one of the things the pentagon, even within the pentagon, the leadership is criticized for is saying no, 47 is the number and we shouldn't plan for a leaner future. should they be planning for a leaner future? >> planning is not -- they're thinking about it, they're having discussions, but to go through a full-scale pentagon planning effort for those who have looked at the chart that shows the pentagon planning effort, it's not a small thing. so to say, all right, we're going to have to plan for six different numbers is enormously expensive and i don't think wise at this point. they planned for the number that congress gave them and they can expect. now, are they thinking about possibly some other options? there's a whole bufnlg of other options on the table. they're not completely blind if all of a sudden someone says we need another $100 billion. >> let's go to base closures. there are two rounds of base closures, at least one, perhaps two rounds of base closures the administration wants to execute. chairman mckeon has blasted th
that makes it very difficult. >> should the pentagon -- one of the things the pentagon, even within the pentagon, the leadership is criticized for is saying no, 47 is the number and we shouldn't plan for a leaner future. should they be planning for a leaner future? >> planning is not -- they're thinking about it, they're having discussions, but to go through a full-scale pentagon planning effort for those who have looked at the chart that shows the pentagon planning effort, it's not...
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the pentagon is very concerned about these. as i look through the ways that you suggest to cut, they sound very much like the ones you were dismissing a moment ago, stopping fraud, elimit nails government slush funds, reducing waste, due politicstive programs. >> i didn't diminish the importance of doing that. i think you're going to see us bring forward to the floor a week of may 7th a reconciliation package which will be over $200 billion in savings. that's a significant savings it will allow us to stay in position of the sequester for at least a year so that we don't see the pentagon hit with the squeser after it's already been hit by the president's budget and the reductions required there. so these are not inconscious kweshl savings. we all know even $200 billion in a year doesn't come close to the kind of deficits we're racking up, which makes my point that it really is the entitlement questions and the unfunded liabilities within those programs that we've got to address. >> if i'm working at the pentagon or i'm a defense
the pentagon is very concerned about these. as i look through the ways that you suggest to cut, they sound very much like the ones you were dismissing a moment ago, stopping fraud, elimit nails government slush funds, reducing waste, due politicstive programs. >> i didn't diminish the importance of doing that. i think you're going to see us bring forward to the floor a week of may 7th a reconciliation package which will be over $200 billion in savings. that's a significant savings it will...
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hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. i knew in my heart that was -- that aircraft. >> it was instantaneous, just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldn't be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a furnace in there. couldn't believe there was anyone alive and i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris and i looked off to my side and i saw mr. henson, about 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris. already, my uniform's starting to melt. my shoes are starting to melt. i am really, really eager for him to get out of there. but he says he can't budge. so out of desperation, i laid on my back underneath him and put my feet on the debris over his head and i leg pressed as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back and him pushing up with his leg
hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. i knew in my heart that was -- that aircraft. >> it was instantaneous, just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldn't be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a...
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is engaged in overseas so essentially you have and they're also being with the pentagon who really want to get rid of month amendment which is the original regional kind of law that this is overturning so you have a descent of assault on the u.s. population one could describe it by by these two branches of government that traditionally should be focused or are supposed to be focused on our national defense and overseas both using the resources on on the home front. now you know some people would say that maybe this isn't that big of a deal anymore they say that in the internet age what does that really matter because you can go look online and probably read something that is meant for foreign audiences but you can read it from here at home and then people start to get all confused because you don't necessarily know who it's intended for in that case if it's propaganda which i want to get into that i'm going to how do you know if it's true and so you know does the internet make bands like this obsolete. well that's part of the argument the proponents are making is that look the communica
is engaged in overseas so essentially you have and they're also being with the pentagon who really want to get rid of month amendment which is the original regional kind of law that this is overturning so you have a descent of assault on the u.s. population one could describe it by by these two branches of government that traditionally should be focused or are supposed to be focused on our national defense and overseas both using the resources on on the home front. now you know some people...
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we know nothing about hijacked airplanes about the pentagon, none of this. we are ignorant of all of these facts. >> we got down to the ground floor, cops and firefighters and ems workers were there. debris was falling down. it looked like confetti on a ticker day parade. they were telling us to run, just go, run, run, run. they stayed back sacrificing themselves so that brian and i could live. order, all off-duty firefighters and off-duty officers are hereby recalled. by order of the city, all off-duty firefighters and all off-duty officers are ordered by >> president bush is about to speak. he's in florida in what was supposed to be a joyous event at an elementary school but listen in. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for america. i unfortunately will be back to washington after my remarks. secretary and the governor will take the podium to discuss education. i do want to thank the folks at the booker elementary school for their hospitality. today we have had a national tragedy. two airplanes have crashed into the world trade center in a
we know nothing about hijacked airplanes about the pentagon, none of this. we are ignorant of all of these facts. >> we got down to the ground floor, cops and firefighters and ems workers were there. debris was falling down. it looked like confetti on a ticker day parade. they were telling us to run, just go, run, run, run. they stayed back sacrificing themselves so that brian and i could live. order, all off-duty firefighters and off-duty officers are hereby recalled. by order of the...
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you want to watch your step in the pentagon area. route 110 and 395. i'll keep you posted on that situation. if you're planning to head around there, let's take a live look close by route 1 and 110 looks okay. if you're planning to head northbound on 395 or southbound on 395 itself, you'll be okay past the pentagon as well. we'll keep you posted on that situation. back over to the maps and this time to the north side of town. no problems on 95 between baltimore and our beltway. no problems on 29 and the bw parkway looks great as well. we'll take a live look outside once again, this time on 95 at route 198 and really no delays to speak of as you head for the beltway until you hit the outer loop which is just slow into silver spring. more on what's going on near the pentagon at 6:42. >>> sounds good. thank you. forget the red, white and blue. now the campaign trail is all about the green. >> cbs this morning is looking at the fund raising race in the presidential campaign and erica hill joins us live from new york with a preview. they could settle the na
you want to watch your step in the pentagon area. route 110 and 395. i'll keep you posted on that situation. if you're planning to head around there, let's take a live look close by route 1 and 110 looks okay. if you're planning to head northbound on 395 or southbound on 395 itself, you'll be okay past the pentagon as well. we'll keep you posted on that situation. back over to the maps and this time to the north side of town. no problems on 95 between baltimore and our beltway. no problems on...
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shapes and censors the movies you claim that the pentagon selectively supported some movies and some filmmakers and that the way it is done is unconstitutional why do you think so the pentagon admits that they do selectively support something makers and not others if you are willing to give your script to the pentagon and let them review it before you shoot the movie and if they have any changes that they want to make if they want to take out a portrayal of the military that they think is negative that will hurt their recruiting goals. if they want that taken out and you agree that you'll take that out or to put in something that's more positive to help them recruit people then though assist you with your movie then you can get the great you access to aircraft carriers and submarines and tanks and ships and planes and if you don't play ball with them they won't give you that stuff it's unconstitutional because the supreme court has ruled over and over and over again that. the first amendment states that. congress shall make no. so make no law abridging the freedom of speach. the supr
shapes and censors the movies you claim that the pentagon selectively supported some movies and some filmmakers and that the way it is done is unconstitutional why do you think so the pentagon admits that they do selectively support something makers and not others if you are willing to give your script to the pentagon and let them review it before you shoot the movie and if they have any changes that they want to make if they want to take out a portrayal of the military that they think is...
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i don't think it will happen like the pentagon wants. quadruple fees even if it's phased in over a period of time is probably too much for anybody to swallow now but there will be some increases. >> i think the pentagon plan is great because it's means tested. the costs go up much less -- >> because you're a beneficiary. >> i am, yes. and basically, the quadrupling basically comes for retired colonels and generals and most of whom already have another job, which i think we're forgetting in this debate. >> unfortunately that's all the time we have for now. coming up in my notebook, why it's time for both washington and beijing to tone down the >>> while kaine's future leader way in america, i was in singapore where it was clear america's engagement is welcomed by allies worried by the beijing rise and sweeping claims. american warships will deploy from singapore and the philippines, australia will host 5500 u.s. marines, japan will buy the joint strike fighter. but what america sees as reassuring, china sees as encirclement. china blames
i don't think it will happen like the pentagon wants. quadruple fees even if it's phased in over a period of time is probably too much for anybody to swallow now but there will be some increases. >> i think the pentagon plan is great because it's means tested. the costs go up much less -- >> because you're a beneficiary. >> i am, yes. and basically, the quadrupling basically comes for retired colonels and generals and most of whom already have another job, which i think we're...
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hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. i knew in my heart that was -- that aircraft. >> it was instantaneous, just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldn't be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a furnace in there. couldn't believe there was anyone alive and i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris and i looked off to my side and i saw mr. henson, about 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris. already, my uniform's starting to melt. my shoes are starting to melt. i am really, really eager for him to get out of there. but he says he can't budge. so out of desperation, i laid on my back underneath him and put my feet on the debris over his head and i leg pressed as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back and him pushing up with his leg
hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. i knew in my heart that was -- that aircraft. >> it was instantaneous, just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldn't be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a...
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thirty five is a prime example it was approved by a gentleman of the pentagon named pete aldrich who right after he got done approving that standing and in so much twenty two spending which is another lockheed product that he went to work for lockheed martin on their payroll. well surprise surprise the revolving door played a part in the beginning of this after the five disaster and let's not forget the other project eric brought up the f. twenty two and other lockheed martin projects plagued with issues remember last fall when the entire fleet was grounded after they found antifreeze an oil fumes in the blood of the pilots sounds like a program that's on the road to success but it seems that in the pentagon lockheed martin can do no wrong and the f. thirty five project will march on a matter how long it takes and how much money it ends up costing and for that the pentagon is tonight's top time winner. all right joining me now for happy hour is lauren lyster host of the capital account and our t.v. producer jenny turtle thanks so much for being on the girls already they. have guys al
thirty five is a prime example it was approved by a gentleman of the pentagon named pete aldrich who right after he got done approving that standing and in so much twenty two spending which is another lockheed product that he went to work for lockheed martin on their payroll. well surprise surprise the revolving door played a part in the beginning of this after the five disaster and let's not forget the other project eric brought up the f. twenty two and other lockheed martin projects plagued...
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hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. i knew in my heart that was -- that aircraft. >> it was instantaneous, just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldn't be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a furnace in there. couldn't believe there was anyone alive and i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris and i looked off to my side and i saw mr. henson, about 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris. already, my uniform's starting to melt. my shoes are starting to melt. i am really, really eager for him to get out of there. but he says he can't budge. so out of desperation, i laid on my back underneath him and put my feet on the debris over his head and i leg pressed as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back and him pushing up with his leg
hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon. i knew in my heart that was -- that aircraft. >> it was instantaneous, just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldn't be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a...
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i think the pentagon owes us some answers. they need -- and answer, provide answers to the questions we have. i also think they need to do an investigation that is not directly done by the osd inspector general. it should be done by an entity, for example, the general accounting office. and we need to -- we need to bring about accountability to those who were in charge at that mortuary. >> what the government seems to be saying to you is, we're sorry this happened, but we are moving on. is there anything else they could say that would make this better for you? >> none. except that they are going to bring those who were in charge of that mortuary and make them accountable of what happened. >> one quick question. you said that this pulled a scab, basically audiotape your healing process. what do you do now to restart that healing? >> well, i'm a christian man and what i'm going to do is continue on doing the fine things with my wife's scholarship and i'm willing to work with the pentagon in terms of answering the question that w
i think the pentagon owes us some answers. they need -- and answer, provide answers to the questions we have. i also think they need to do an investigation that is not directly done by the osd inspector general. it should be done by an entity, for example, the general accounting office. and we need to -- we need to bring about accountability to those who were in charge at that mortuary. >> what the government seems to be saying to you is, we're sorry this happened, but we are moving on....
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time now for tonight's tool time award and this time it's going to the pentagon we've discussed the f. thirty five program on the show it time and time again you know the most expensive defense program ever the one that's been riddled with problems and allays the jets have been grounded for everything from valve issues to parachute problems in the past few months and let's not forget to mention that the persistently faulty planes are hopelessly and absurdly over budget and last month the pentagon announced that it would postpone the production of one hundred seventy nine of its two thousand four hundred forty three after thirty five but they will eventually order of a goal to save fifteen point one billion dollars over the next five years following that announcement strongly also decided to delay their order of f. thirty five. and italy decided to cut its order from one hundred thirty one planes to ninety well after the pentagon announced the production postponement the head of lockheed martin have this to say about the announcement he said it will raise the overall average cost of th
time now for tonight's tool time award and this time it's going to the pentagon we've discussed the f. thirty five program on the show it time and time again you know the most expensive defense program ever the one that's been riddled with problems and allays the jets have been grounded for everything from valve issues to parachute problems in the past few months and let's not forget to mention that the persistently faulty planes are hopelessly and absurdly over budget and last month the...
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the budget for the pentagon calling for $554 billion plus $88 billion for the war in afghanistan. the budget would cut the service by -- cut military personnel by 21,000 and give service member as 1.7% pay raise. committees in recess for lunch and votes on the house floor. live kov rouge when they resume. we spoke positive a reporter earlier who has been covering today the markup session for details on what's happened so far and what's ahead. >> joining us is mark oliveri, a defense and foreign policy reporter with congressional quarterly. what are some of biggest issues the committee has to deal with in this 2013 programs bill? >> well, i'm sorry. i didn't hear your question. i think you asked the big issues they're dealing with. what they've actually dealt with, pretty big things. congressman turner was able to get an amendment passed or adopted here that essentially would provide $160 million for the execution of what's called a chemistry and metallurgy replacement over los alamos. it's a program that the obama administration would like to delay, because it's a significant amou
the budget for the pentagon calling for $554 billion plus $88 billion for the war in afghanistan. the budget would cut the service by -- cut military personnel by 21,000 and give service member as 1.7% pay raise. committees in recess for lunch and votes on the house floor. live kov rouge when they resume. we spoke positive a reporter earlier who has been covering today the markup session for details on what's happened so far and what's ahead. >> joining us is mark oliveri, a defense and...
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and it will take the pentagon a long time to do it. so however the sequester cut is mechanically applied, some programs are going to be cut that should otherwise increase because that is what the plan would be. some will have to be cut that would otherwise be cut further. you're going to wind up, in some cases, after you've managed to sort through all this, with a situation where some programs actually, if this is built off the continuing resolution from fy-'12, will have more money in them than they otherwise would have had, had fy-'13 merely gone forward. all this is going to take a lot of time, and depending upon the time frames, depending upon congressional action or inaction, i think the probability is quite high after you've done all the data sorting that has to be done. the department will be faced with the prospect of producing the mother of all reprogramming requests followed by the mother of all reports. this is going to completely paralyze the system for some amount of time. so i think as harlan said back there, this is not
and it will take the pentagon a long time to do it. so however the sequester cut is mechanically applied, some programs are going to be cut that should otherwise increase because that is what the plan would be. some will have to be cut that would otherwise be cut further. you're going to wind up, in some cases, after you've managed to sort through all this, with a situation where some programs actually, if this is built off the continuing resolution from fy-'12, will have more money in them...
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because the pentagon is actually one of the leading forces behind this drive to integrate drones into the domestic air space the military wants to bring drones home from the battlefield and use them for training at home and in my reading of rand paul's legislation there is no room for that so i think on a political level he's going to have a tremendous problem with that from the pentagon. yeah dede do you think that he has a lot of support as the bill stands or do you think that there is a lot of lobbying effort from defense to push this you know to not push this through well i think we're i think we're early on i think that the recent coverage of drones in domestic airspace in the last two months is driving public opinion on this and civil libertarians on the left and right are trying to come up with a response but i don't know that something like paul's legislation and there's a companion bill in the house can get through given the strength of the domestic drone industry especially in the house. trevor's and you know i think there's sort of a cognitive dissonance between the people
because the pentagon is actually one of the leading forces behind this drive to integrate drones into the domestic air space the military wants to bring drones home from the battlefield and use them for training at home and in my reading of rand paul's legislation there is no room for that so i think on a political level he's going to have a tremendous problem with that from the pentagon. yeah dede do you think that he has a lot of support as the bill stands or do you think that there is a lot...
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i wanted to speak a little bit more about nixon's response to the pentagon papers being the downfall. rather than the fact that if he just -- and would you talk about that a little more. >> the pentagon papers had a study, as a military analysis, as a strategic study were about decisions, that it all happened in or behind or before 1968. president johnson, kennedy, eisenhower, actually, and mostly democrats. fdr and truman. there was no content in the pentagon papers that called into question the victim leadership or his own kind of decisions. all right? he could have let this go by as an enormously certainly but a leak and treated it in a standard perspective. but he drew attention to the issue first with the attempt to suppress the document, which invoked first amendment disputes and freedom of the press issues that were guaranteed to be explosive in american society and moved the conversation up to the level of the united states supreme court where, in fact, it was found against him and, second, when he could not achieve what he wanted on the surface, he referred to subterrainian t
i wanted to speak a little bit more about nixon's response to the pentagon papers being the downfall. rather than the fact that if he just -- and would you talk about that a little more. >> the pentagon papers had a study, as a military analysis, as a strategic study were about decisions, that it all happened in or behind or before 1968. president johnson, kennedy, eisenhower, actually, and mostly democrats. fdr and truman. there was no content in the pentagon papers that called into...
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and this is not just a pentagon problem. much of america remains too poorly guarded raising fears of a cyber attack crashing power, communication and banking. the senate had the opportunity to pass legislation to improve cyber security but even after much dilution the bill was voted down despite stripping a key provision that would have allowed the government to set key standards some were concerned the government would have imposed too much cost on businesses and exerted too much control over how businesses protect their computers and networks. businesses are always opposed to being forced into paying additional costs including for cyber security. but security is like fire safety. the expense of that protection is paid to safeguards one's own property as well as your neighbors and the community at large. we all benefit from the interconnected world but with that come greater responsibilities and vulnerabilities making legislation that increases security for the common good imperative. thank you for joining us for "this week
and this is not just a pentagon problem. much of america remains too poorly guarded raising fears of a cyber attack crashing power, communication and banking. the senate had the opportunity to pass legislation to improve cyber security but even after much dilution the bill was voted down despite stripping a key provision that would have allowed the government to set key standards some were concerned the government would have imposed too much cost on businesses and exerted too much control over...
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here at the pentagon, 59 people aboard flight 77 were killed. another 125 people inside the pentagon died in the attacks of 9/11. gnaw, last year was the tenth anniversary and the first since osama bin laden was killed. and there was a very large memorial service here. this year, however, things are going to be quite different. a remembrance ceremony will be held but it's going to be much smaller in size, not open to the general public. it will strictly be limited to family members. the victims memorial is also closed to the general public this morning to allow family members to reflect in the calm and quiet this morning. and we are expecting a number of family to begin coming here to the pentagon to just quietly sit on those benches at the memorial at the crash site. now, there's a real effort under way to make this a very personal experience to allow the families the time and the space to griev
here at the pentagon, 59 people aboard flight 77 were killed. another 125 people inside the pentagon died in the attacks of 9/11. gnaw, last year was the tenth anniversary and the first since osama bin laden was killed. and there was a very large memorial service here. this year, however, things are going to be quite different. a remembrance ceremony will be held but it's going to be much smaller in size, not open to the general public. it will strictly be limited to family members. the victims...
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. >> president obama went to the pentagon to personally announce that he's, quote, turning a page on how the u.s. spends its military dollars. fox 5s tom fitzgerald follows this one tonight. there are warnings from the president's critics. >> reporter: tonight, brian s clear that this is already shaping up to be the next big fight between the white house and congressional republicans. the president wants to slash the budget for the military by a half trillion the next 10 years and it will reshape the spending of the pentagon and how the united states fights wars. this is the first time the president appeared in a pentagon briefing room, but the affect of what was said will be anything but brief. >> since 9/11, our defense budget grew at an extraordinary pace. over the next 10 years, the growth in the defense budget will slow. >> reporter: with the iraq war over and afghan drawdown planned, osama bin laden dead and al qaeda weakened, the president said the pentagon's tactics and spending must change. >> yes, our military will be leaner, but the world must know the united states is goi
. >> president obama went to the pentagon to personally announce that he's, quote, turning a page on how the u.s. spends its military dollars. fox 5s tom fitzgerald follows this one tonight. there are warnings from the president's critics. >> reporter: tonight, brian s clear that this is already shaping up to be the next big fight between the white house and congressional republicans. the president wants to slash the budget for the military by a half trillion the next 10 years and...
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pits pentagon versus the poor and house votes to spare pentagon from automatic budget cuts trims domestic programs instead. so why is it that elected leaders and the american people don't see eye to eye when it comes to defense spending to talk about this i'm joined by retired retired arnie army colonel douglas macgregor hey douglas so it seems like everyone across the board can agree that you know we need to cut the pentagon why is it that the pentagon is not being cut were a couple reasons the first is this sort of support for bloated defense spending is being a roading for some time the american people have simply walked away from these interventions so this new data is not surprising but there's a second problem and that is that defense spending doesn't necessarily equate to real military capability defense spending is really involved with a lot of redistribution of taxpayer income to various states and districts across the country so while collectively people say by all means cut defense when you begin to look at what's likely to go away people say well wait a minute that's going to
pits pentagon versus the poor and house votes to spare pentagon from automatic budget cuts trims domestic programs instead. so why is it that elected leaders and the american people don't see eye to eye when it comes to defense spending to talk about this i'm joined by retired retired arnie army colonel douglas macgregor hey douglas so it seems like everyone across the board can agree that you know we need to cut the pentagon why is it that the pentagon is not being cut were a couple reasons...
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reported this what has been sort of the reaction to all this whole the pentagon doesn't seem to like it at all it's weird how it seems like the pentagon at this point should really just start rethinking how they handle their public relations i mean i guess you could go back and say that they've always had a bit of a problem but. this is something that people still want to know about where they're getting in trouble for allegedly breaking nondisclosure agreements and releasing or sharing classified information we don't know what something needed to the game it has nothing to with bin ladin apparently but something made it there in the pentagon never signed off on it so it seems we know that other information have been moderated went to hollywood already and there's already been a congressional or calls for congressional inquiry into that but it seems like the pentagon is really picking and choosing who they want to reprimand who they want to hold accountable for what i think is really good point i remember we saw a few months ago that story on sixty minutes you know those i believe th
reported this what has been sort of the reaction to all this whole the pentagon doesn't seem to like it at all it's weird how it seems like the pentagon at this point should really just start rethinking how they handle their public relations i mean i guess you could go back and say that they've always had a bit of a problem but. this is something that people still want to know about where they're getting in trouble for allegedly breaking nondisclosure agreements and releasing or sharing...
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and so forth now these acts these photographs were despicable but the discussion in the media in the pentagon the reaction in the mainstream misses the point which is that america is at war and for more than a decade soldiers were sent over and over again to foreign lands to do exactly what they're trained to do to fight and to kill and a generation of american men and women have fought died lost limbs watch friends die all in the name of war and those who come back often come home with scars build seen and unseen let me run through some of the statistics for you an american soldier dies every day and a half on average in iraq or afghanistan u.s. veterans kill themselves at a rate of one every eighty minutes and more than six thousand five hundred u.s. veterans suicides are logged every single year and that's more than the entire number of soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan combine since those wars began now we can debate about the role of the media or the effect. these photos on local afghans that were blue in the face but we need to stop treating them as isolated incidents and admit th
and so forth now these acts these photographs were despicable but the discussion in the media in the pentagon the reaction in the mainstream misses the point which is that america is at war and for more than a decade soldiers were sent over and over again to foreign lands to do exactly what they're trained to do to fight and to kill and a generation of american men and women have fought died lost limbs watch friends die all in the name of war and those who come back often come home with scars...
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he made his comments earlier today at the pentagon taking reporters' questions. jill is following the story, a reporter from the air force times, a gannett public indication. she join us us in washington. as you look at this report and some of the addendums, what did you learn? >> well, it's really interesting, because it's buried way back there in the report. you'll see in appendix e, there's a whole list, aa time line of separate incidents that happened at dover port mortuary which we hadn't been aware of. it was that they lost remains for seven victims killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the pentagon and pennsylvania. some other incidents is a $25,000 pay outto the wife of the fallen marine whose personal effects were destroyed. two civilian cadavers used to test creamatory facilities. >> i realize they're not related, but a lot of attention last year at arlington national cemetery with how the remains of fallen soldiers were taken care of, and i guess the obvious question is how could this happen and how could it happen again in a lot of what we heard at
he made his comments earlier today at the pentagon taking reporters' questions. jill is following the story, a reporter from the air force times, a gannett public indication. she join us us in washington. as you look at this report and some of the addendums, what did you learn? >> well, it's really interesting, because it's buried way back there in the report. you'll see in appendix e, there's a whole list, aa time line of separate incidents that happened at dover port mortuary which we...
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>> a changed nation paused in thousands off the lost on september 11. 184 here at the pentagon. a local university also paused remember. >> 11 years after the attacks, of you areny here to join in our commemoration. >> hundreds of george washington university students likely thewhat was youngt day of their lives. see the smoke the pentagon. >> 11 years ago, a series of terrorist attacks started the horizon and our hearts. never forget what happened that day. >> students and faculty paid theire to those who lost lives, including nine george washington alumni. >> andrew k friedman, a graduate of the colombian college. >> a time of reflection and gratitude. ♪ y home sweet home >> earlier in the day, the president placed a wreath where the plane smashed into the pentagon. >> he was there on that day, the deadurvivors and from the rubble. >> it changed me as an also america. >> 9/11 should not be a day of hate or division. be a day for a stable world, a stronger nation, and a evere more united than before. >> president obama also visited arlington national cemetery, killed in the a
>> a changed nation paused in thousands off the lost on september 11. 184 here at the pentagon. a local university also paused remember. >> 11 years after the attacks, of you areny here to join in our commemoration. >> hundreds of george washington university students likely thewhat was youngt day of their lives. see the smoke the pentagon. >> 11 years ago, a series of terrorist attacks started the horizon and our hearts. never forget what happened that day. >>...
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ambassador to afghanistan ryan crocker and this is i mean i guess and say he's not within the pentagon right this is from the diplomatic arm and the other week when it was the koran burning incident he signaled that this should not mean that anybody should rush for an exit out of afghanistan because we saw to fight al qaeda here is pretty much i going the same state. i understand that people are tired of this war after a decade and. you know i'm tired too i've been deployed to afghanistan pakistan and iraq. going on seven years now since nine eleven so. believe me i understand what feeling tired means but these are the stakes. if we decide to we're tired of it that we don't want to do it anymore well the taleban. isn't that tired and badly damaged it would be able to regenerate and if the taliban puts the country over again. bizarrely sure i get of logic error right i mean i think it's pretty obvious that we're not going to rid afghanistan of the taliban you know when you make a statement like that it sounds like that's saying we have to stay forever. yeah i have a lot of respect for a
ambassador to afghanistan ryan crocker and this is i mean i guess and say he's not within the pentagon right this is from the diplomatic arm and the other week when it was the koran burning incident he signaled that this should not mean that anybody should rush for an exit out of afghanistan because we saw to fight al qaeda here is pretty much i going the same state. i understand that people are tired of this war after a decade and. you know i'm tired too i've been deployed to afghanistan...
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campaign or the pentagon was paying contractors to run information operations to try and improve the image of the u.s. military's adventures of rot specifically those in iraq and afghanistan and what usa today is now contending is that at the same time they were contacting the contacting the pentagon and the contractors for comments on this story some strange things started happening websites are set out which commentaries names that would have pedia pages were altered with misleading information to discredit their reporting and even fake twitter accounts of here and the web sites using their names to register through false addresses and then routed through proxy servers to conceal the origins and that's something that's cheap to do and it's easy to do for somebody who knows how to do it like i don't know maybe a contractor that works on information operations well nobody knows who's behind it exactly in the pentagon is of. are saying that they were unaware that anything like this was going on they call this activity unacceptable but the point is that somebody out there tried to laun
campaign or the pentagon was paying contractors to run information operations to try and improve the image of the u.s. military's adventures of rot specifically those in iraq and afghanistan and what usa today is now contending is that at the same time they were contacting the contacting the pentagon and the contractors for comments on this story some strange things started happening websites are set out which commentaries names that would have pedia pages were altered with misleading...
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here at the pentagon the memorial service begins at 9:0. president obama will take part in a wreath-laying ceremony. the army's chief of chaplains will give the invocation and a moment of silence at 9:37. as you mentioned remarks by the president as well as defense officials including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey and defense secretary leon panetta. american airlines flight 77 left dulles airport at 8:20 a.m. on september 11th, 2001. it was supposed to go to los angeles but somewhere over indianapolis five hijacks took over the plane. they turned it back toward washington and crashed it into the pentagon killing the crew of six and all 53 passengers as well as the hijackers. the plane hit the pentagon at the first floor level on the western side. one section of the building collapsed. 125 workers here that day were killed, many of them civilians. the pentagon memorial was completed and open to the public this 2008. the 7th anniversary of the attacks. it's usually open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. today it
here at the pentagon the memorial service begins at 9:0. president obama will take part in a wreath-laying ceremony. the army's chief of chaplains will give the invocation and a moment of silence at 9:37. as you mentioned remarks by the president as well as defense officials including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey and defense secretary leon panetta. american airlines flight 77 left dulles airport at 8:20 a.m. on september 11th, 2001. it was supposed to go to...
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the pentagon papers this is the moment. what is the moment in watergate? it is the pentagon papers. the post got the papers. and so the national editor of the paper knew the guy -- daniel l. berg -- he went and got him and they all arrived at his house at 10:30 in the morning and basically decided -- over the course of the day they hashed out and had lawyers and the hole nine yards. the day ended with a call from ben at house and they are having this argument and there is silence and go ahead. in that moment they would both say later that was the modern washington post story that sets up everything. so he came to the post in 65. he had been at newsweek since 1953 as a european concern -- correspondent. toni bradlee -- in 1961 he became the bureau chief of newsweek magazine and after phil graham died she heard bradley might be leaving or thinking of leaving and wanted to keep him so she had about the lunch and he said he would give his left one to be the managing editor of the post in newspaper parlance and came to the paper and what he said about when he came to the papers the first
the pentagon papers this is the moment. what is the moment in watergate? it is the pentagon papers. the post got the papers. and so the national editor of the paper knew the guy -- daniel l. berg -- he went and got him and they all arrived at his house at 10:30 in the morning and basically decided -- over the course of the day they hashed out and had lawyers and the hole nine yards. the day ended with a call from ben at house and they are having this argument and there is silence and go ahead....
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or the pentagon for help when you return spiritual help might be what what works for something i really want to thank you for spending time with us and sharing your personal experience thank you thank you that's a pilgrim retired u.s. marine an arty blocker. and first there was the actor than sopa and pipa and now cispa if you're having a hard time keeping up with the tabs on the latest cyber jibberish acronyms let me simplify the issue at hand and these are all legislative efforts in the name of cyber security or copyright infringement that have a potential to do one very scary thing to destroy internet freedom and privacy as we know it now the latest iteration of your worst privacy nightmare is the cyber intelligence sharing and protection act of two thousand and eleven system now doesn't sound very scary but the bill would effectively let us companies spy on your emails social networking posts and other online activities and pass that info long voluntarily to the u.s. government and that is if something that you write or google or post is deemed to be quote cyber security threat info
or the pentagon for help when you return spiritual help might be what what works for something i really want to thank you for spending time with us and sharing your personal experience thank you thank you that's a pilgrim retired u.s. marine an arty blocker. and first there was the actor than sopa and pipa and now cispa if you're having a hard time keeping up with the tabs on the latest cyber jibberish acronyms let me simplify the issue at hand and these are all legislative efforts in the name...
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leon panetta will speak today at the pentagon. it is a private ceremony only for the victims' families. >> we do have team coverage of bay area events to mark the anniversary. melissa is at the flight 93 memorial in union city but first, kate is at the san francisco fire ceremony. >> this is a tribute that the san francisco fire department puts on every single year to honor the 343 fellow firefighters they lost in the 911 attacks. they're already getting ready for the ceremony which will start in less than 15 minutes. firefighters will assemble in front of the station and at 659 the station will bring their belt. this is at the time the south tower collapsed and signifies the last alarm. firefighters will lower the flag to half staff and observe a minute of silence. we are expecting the chief of the fire department and mayor ed lee to show up today and this event is one of many across the bay honoring those who fell during the 911 attacks. melissa is live in union city >> that 911 memorial in union city is another place where peop
leon panetta will speak today at the pentagon. it is a private ceremony only for the victims' families. >> we do have team coverage of bay area events to mark the anniversary. melissa is at the flight 93 memorial in union city but first, kate is at the san francisco fire ceremony. >> this is a tribute that the san francisco fire department puts on every single year to honor the 343 fellow firefighters they lost in the 911 attacks. they're already getting ready for the ceremony which...
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so it was an eye for the pentagon's love of spending your tax dollars earned venice nights told time award and also stick around for happy hour reporter is outed by a competitor for being a super plus reports a dominic strauss kahn that loves luggage i'll explain and just know. you don't see a story at the scene so you think you understand it and then you know here's the part of it and realize that everything you say you don't know i'm sorry is a big. mystery . but in the aloneness so you know there's a real headline with none of the problem with the mainstream media today is that they're completely disconnected from the viewers and for what actually matters for those viewers and so that's like young people just don't watch t.v. anymore if they want news they go online and read it but we're trying to take those stories that people actually care about and transfer them back to t.v. . is the state english speaking russian channel it's kind of like. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to the u.s. . time now for tonight's tool time award and this time it's
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right now are looking at defense secretary panetta, speaking at the pentagon. we'll go back later, president obama is scheduled to pooh speak and abc news is planning a special -- to speak and abc news is planning a special coverage. >>> let's check in with josh elliot for what is ahead. >>> good tuesday morning. coming up breaking on this morning, 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, new government warning raising concerns about our tphaoerbt to potential terrorists not at the airports or border but inside our hospitals. the latest details, next on general motors. >>> -- next on "good morning america". >>> we are going to the abc news special report from the pentagon and president obama speaking on this 9/11 anniversary. world, a stronger nation, and a people united. as we show you freedom tower, we're going to return to our regular programming. in some parts of the country, that is "good morning america." there will be a complete wrap-up
right now are looking at defense secretary panetta, speaking at the pentagon. we'll go back later, president obama is scheduled to pooh speak and abc news is planning a special -- to speak and abc news is planning a special coverage. >>> let's check in with josh elliot for what is ahead. >>> good tuesday morning. coming up breaking on this morning, 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, new government warning raising concerns about our tphaoerbt to potential terrorists not at...
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is josh letterman today gave us some insight when he quoted the pentagon spokesman as saying we don't have any plan right now for sequestration to have that certainly appears to be the case where the pentagon has been spending money makes me wonder if they're insuring that the private counterparts will survive the cuts if they're just ignoring the january deadline. yep but nobody else picks up on it because that means you actually have to pay attention so today i'd like to say told you so to the mainstream media but the thing is that we find ourselves in this position so often here on the show so i think that we're going to create an entire segment for it and it will be called. so told she told you so told you so. so you guys going forward that on future shows but tonight it's just one more thing that the mainstream media chooses to miss. we often talk about the difference between the official unemployment numbers that are put out there and the use six you six measures not only those who are out of work but also those who are marginally attached part time workers so all of fishel unem
is josh letterman today gave us some insight when he quoted the pentagon spokesman as saying we don't have any plan right now for sequestration to have that certainly appears to be the case where the pentagon has been spending money makes me wonder if they're insuring that the private counterparts will survive the cuts if they're just ignoring the january deadline. yep but nobody else picks up on it because that means you actually have to pay attention so today i'd like to say told you so to...
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there were groups -- paul wolfowitz, who is deputy at the pentagon. who going back to the original gulf war had wanted to go and knocked saddam hussein off even then. i've written once or twice about a presentation he made to the house budget committee in february before the march invasion, in which he said, unlike afghanistan, if you go into iraq, you would get all of these benefits. first of all, they had oil. they could pay for anything that happened. secondly, they are the most educated people in the middle east. it would become democratic. of course, he was talking about the sunni minority, not the shia majority. he said it would become a democracy, and democracies do not attack each other. therefore, they would not attack israel. it would change its approach to israel. host: go back to this embassy in iraq. are they committed to spending $115 million more? guest: their argument -- i talked to the deputy secretary. host: of state? guest: and what's happened is, partially because of the security situation, they had to bring more people who would b
there were groups -- paul wolfowitz, who is deputy at the pentagon. who going back to the original gulf war had wanted to go and knocked saddam hussein off even then. i've written once or twice about a presentation he made to the house budget committee in february before the march invasion, in which he said, unlike afghanistan, if you go into iraq, you would get all of these benefits. first of all, they had oil. they could pay for anything that happened. secondly, they are the most educated...
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. >> reporter: his wife was killed at the pentagon on 9/11. he stayed behind because the trial hasn't started yet and says none of the court proceedings will bring his wife back. >> it's not going to change anything. >> thomas' wife, michelle, was on flight 77 that crashed into the pentagon. she died just shy of their 30th wedding anniversary. >> she's not just a mother, she was my best friend and lover. >> more than a decade later, we're only seeing the start of what's expected to be a long legal process. >> we are now in many respects having to relive that day. you have 3,000 families who are having to relive the months, the days, even the years of pain and suffering. >> the trial could still be months away. >> i would be naive if i said it didn't affect me. it affects us all, whether you lost somebody that day or whether you didn't. >> after the loss of his wife, he helped build a pentagon memorial as one of the projects original board of directors. since the horrific day of 9/11, michelle missed their daughter's marriage, the birth of thei
. >> reporter: his wife was killed at the pentagon on 9/11. he stayed behind because the trial hasn't started yet and says none of the court proceedings will bring his wife back. >> it's not going to change anything. >> thomas' wife, michelle, was on flight 77 that crashed into the pentagon. she died just shy of their 30th wedding anniversary. >> she's not just a mother, she was my best friend and lover. >> more than a decade later, we're only seeing the start of...
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a rare promotion ceremony at the pentagon -- the couple married six years, the parents of a 20- month-old, are moving up in the ranks of the same time but thousands of miles apart. >> separated by a war zone and 8.5 times ounce they were reunited monday in a career achievements. >> they are promoted. >> in a ceremony at the pentagon there were each promoted in rank by the air force chief of staff. >> so help me god. >> pentagon officials don't think this has happened before. >> i out rancor technically but we know the wife is the boss. >> last month they celebrated their six-year anniversary and because of deployment they have been separated for three of those years. >> they volunteered to deploy. to serve their country. that is pretty incredible that of the couple has a 20-month-old daughter and i have a lot of help. >> to our friends and family and the leaders that have supported us along the way you have cheered us on and guided us back she returns to washington in december but the husband leaves for another deployment next summer. >> we serve because we want to. we love the air force
a rare promotion ceremony at the pentagon -- the couple married six years, the parents of a 20- month-old, are moving up in the ranks of the same time but thousands of miles apart. >> separated by a war zone and 8.5 times ounce they were reunited monday in a career achievements. >> they are promoted. >> in a ceremony at the pentagon there were each promoted in rank by the air force chief of staff. >> so help me god. >> pentagon officials don't think this has...
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the pentagon will do what it needs to do. it will go back to congress and say, now we need the money to make up for things we spend money on the war. host: this comes from twitter. guest: that is a tough question. i do not know. once you get up to major, lieutenant colonel, you are getting close to that number. they indoor tremendous hardships and often cannot buy a home because they are a mother around so much. there are a lot of sacrifices that goes on. host: scott in woodbridge, virginia. caller: good morning. i am a former marine and a military brat. my father retired from the navy. i have a long history of active duty. i think there is misinformation going on this morning. talk about $800 billion for the wars in the middle east. we spent double that on the stimulus plan. we've just talked on to the baseline and nobody says anything. you want to talk about military being overpaid. all these lieutenant colonel sit and above. compare with those of the civilian federal military force -- volume work force, i would like to see
the pentagon will do what it needs to do. it will go back to congress and say, now we need the money to make up for things we spend money on the war. host: this comes from twitter. guest: that is a tough question. i do not know. once you get up to major, lieutenant colonel, you are getting close to that number. they indoor tremendous hardships and often cannot buy a home because they are a mother around so much. there are a lot of sacrifices that goes on. host: scott in woodbridge, virginia....
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the one problem with the pentagon papers, the department of defense documentation. so you don't know what the white house is saying. you really need that component to appreciate what defense is saying. a lot of times defense is making recommendations. they're just going to recommend th this. it's one dimensional in that sense. >> i think this has been a very stimulating session of the panel. i would like to thank the three panels and thank you for your questions. now i would like to introduce steve, the director of the vietnam center at texas tech. steve has been a friend to all of us who study and research on the history of the vietnam war. we are vatful to him for his report. steve? >> and steve will close down. >> thank you very much, john. i would like to thank john and john from the historian's office and our distinguished speakers for their wonderful comments today. i don't want to take up too much of your time today for those who heard about the project. for 23 years dedicated to premoting the study of the war so we can learn more about it and perhaps underst
the one problem with the pentagon papers, the department of defense documentation. so you don't know what the white house is saying. you really need that component to appreciate what defense is saying. a lot of times defense is making recommendations. they're just going to recommend th this. it's one dimensional in that sense. >> i think this has been a very stimulating session of the panel. i would like to thank the three panels and thank you for your questions. now i would like to...